Hydrocarbon-burner.



F. R. LONG.

HYDROCARBON BUNER. I APPucATloN msn JULY 21. 19u.

,Patented m. 12,-191&

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Y FREDERICK R. LONG, OF IBERWISK, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T0 AMERICAN CAR AND roUNDnY COMPANY, or sT. tours, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION or NEW JERSEY.

HYDROCARBON-BURNER.

Specication of Letters Patent.

pplication led July 27, 1917. Serial No. 183,120.

To all whom itrmay concern:

.- Be itknown that I -others skilled in the art to which it apper- ,tains to make and to u'sejhe same, reference 4being had to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the preferred rm of the invention, though it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the, exact details of construction shown and de scribed, as it is obvious'that various modifications thereof within the scope of the claims will occur to persons skilled in the art.

In said drawings:`

l,Figure 1 'is a longitudinal section taken `tlon' with-furnaces such as are employed for .vv- .-ft'he heattreatment or reduction of metals.

ltis a purpose to provide a low pressure air line which formsfa conduit opening at one end into the furnace interior, and to install in such conduitan atomizer in proximity to the conduit outlet. The atomizer will preferably be mounted on a standard which passes through and is rigidly secured to the wall of the conduit.

' Such standard contains a passage for hydrocarbon fuel,'wh1ch passage 1s 1n communication with a fuel discharge port in the atomizer. A supply line,` through which a fluid fuel is fed under pressure, is connected to the tubular atomizer standard outside the low pressure air supply conduit.

i Enteringl the low pressure air supply conduit in a different direction than the liquid fuel line, is another conduit for fluid that is under high pressure and is to be used for atomizing purposes. This high pressure line is connected to the atomizer, which has a blast port from which the high pressure Huid issues to disperse and atomize the liquid fuel. v The fuel s thus spra ed through the air in the low pressure air ine and with it is carried into the furnace in a proper combustible mixture. There is an arrangement of the fuel and discharge blast ports which results in an improved hydrocarbon spray, and a valve is employed that controls both ports, such valve being adapted to clear the fuel port of accidental obstructions.

Other novel features not specifically enumerated, but becoming manifest hereinafter, are, of course, to be regarded as coming within the scope of thepresent invention.

Referring now to the drawings, A represents in dot and dash lines a wall of any suitable furnace through an aperture in which projects the relatively large low pressure air line or conduit 1. Projecting Patented Feb.. 12, 191%.

interiorly and exteriorly through an apertured'boss 2 in the under side of the horizontal portion of conduit 1, is an atomizer standard 3. Said standard intermediate its length is provided with a iiange 4 adapted to rest on the upper surface of conduit boss 2 and its upper and lower portions are screw-threaded. A nut 5 is threaded onto the lowe'r portion of atomizer standard 3 to bear against the lower face of conduit boss 2, whereby said atomizer standard 3 is rigidly clamped to the wall of conduit 1. A pipe line 6 for oil or other hydrocarbon fue] is also threaded onto the lower end of atomizer standard 3' below nut 5.

Screwed or otherwise secured to the upper end of atomizer standard 3, is an atomizer generally indicated at 7 Said atomizer comprises a fuel receiving portion 8 and a portion 9 angularly disposed thereto and projecting rearwardly from the furnace, a

high pressure Huid line 10 being threaded into or otherwise connected to portion 9.

Atomizer portion 8 contains a pocket 11 y respectively. y The fuel discharge 'port inclines to one side as it progresses upwardly toward the mouth of blast port 14, whereby the liquid fuel, which is fed through port 12 under pressure, travels to a certaindegrec in opposition to the direction of the blast issuing from port 14. Such blast, which comes from high pressure line 10, will preferably be air, though it may be steam. Becauseof the predetermined opposition of the liquid fuel to the air blast,such fuel will be more harshly impinged against by the air blast and consequently dispersed into a finer and more greatly expanded spray. rl`hus the air which under low pressure travels through conduit l into the furnace interior, will be more perfectly impregnated with the hydrocarbon fuel, improving the combustion.

It is also to be noted that the upper horizontal part of atomizer portion 8 contains a Haring depression or passageway 15 which is directed toward the outlet of conduit 1 which enters furnace A. Such depression or passageway 15 is below. blast port 14, so that in instances where there is extremely high pressure in pipe 10, the blast which issuesI from port 14 will not choke off the su ply of oil through port 12.

ortion 9 of the atomizer is provided with an inclined face having the same angular disposition as that offfuel discharge port 12, which face forms a guideway 16 for a blade 17,'which constitutes a slide valve. Screws 18 are threaded into the portion 9 of the atomizer 7 and are spaced to be located on opposite sides of the slide valve 17. Such screws and the guideway 16 cooperate to definitely control the path of movement of slide valve 17 as lit is raised or lowered in response to an upward and downward movement of a valve stem. 19 to which siidevalve 17 is secured by countersunkrivets 20, or other I suitable means. Valve stem 19 passes through-an aperture in the thickened portion of the top wall of conduit l, its upper end being longitudinally slidable in a valve stern holder 21.

The bottom portion of valve stem holder 21 is provided with a plate-like formation 22 which is secured by tap bolts 23, or in any other suitable way, to the boss formed by the thickened portion of the upper wall of conduit 1, such plate-like formation closing conduit 1 where valve stem 19 passes through it.

yThe inclined substantially cylindrical portion of valve stem holder 21 is externally threaded to receive a valve-operating handwheel 24, the lower portion of which is formed to constitute a traveling nut thread-` ed onto the upper portion of'valve stem holder 21. Valve stem 19 is reduced in its upper portion and passes through top wall of handwheel 24. upon which rests a washer 25 that surrounds the reduced portion of valve stem 19 and is retained by a suitable pin 26 passing through the upper part of valve stem 19. U

When it is desired to carburet the air 1n low pressure air conduit 1, and supply' 1t as fuel to the furnace interior, handwheel` 24 is rotated to travel upwardly on the upper threaded portion of valve stem holderl 21. As it so travels, it raises valve stem 19,

Should the air blast from pipe 10 issuing 'i from port 14 be excessive, the liquid fuel n will not be prevented from issuing y and being atomized from port l2, but will pas through passageway 15. The; blast fofc may be regulated, however, by turning handwheel 24 to cause` valve stern 19 to lower slide vvalve 17 to partly close blast port 14,l and in this Way the mixture.' of air and atomized fuel can be regulated as desired.

Should foreign matter pass up through the liquid fuel line 6 and partially clog the fuel disclflargeA port 12, the slide valve 17, acting as a blade, may be further projected downwardly through the operation of handwheel 24 to pass through and clear port 12 of any obstruction. I

When it is desired to dispense with the use of the furnace, this. same operation will cause slide valve 17 to close both'the oilv discharge port 12 andthe air blast port 14.

Such excess of liquid fuel as may be out- 14. In this way, the oil is thinned out in .s

a non-resistive manner and-the air blast is ,applied to 1t. throughout its entire width resulting in vla further refinement of the mist-like dispersion of the fuel.

A low pressure air blast is supplied to' the conduit/f1 from any suitable source, as, 'i

for example. afan (not shown).

'Vliat l rlaiiis: 1. In combination in a hydrocarbon burner, an air supplyconduit, an atomizer therein having a blast port and a fuel discharge port angularly disposed thereto, valve guiding means and a valve held thereby to have angular disposltion corresponding to that of said fuel port and operable exterynally of `said conduit to control both ports. 2.' In combination in a hydrocarbon burner, an air supply conduit, an atomizer therein provided with fuel discharge and blast ports, a valve controlling said ports, and fuel and blast conduits, said valve and fuel and blast conduits all extending from the exterior to the interior of said air supply conduit and being combined with said atomizer.

3.- In combination in a hydrocarbon burner, an air supply conduit, an atomizer therein having a blast port and a fuel discharge port inclined toward the blast port outlet, and a valve and operating means therefor mounted on said conduit and having an inclination corresponding to that of the fuel discharge port, said valve being adapted to control both ports.

4. In combination in a hydrocarbon burner, an atomizer comprising a portion having a blast port and a portion having a fuel discharge port, a Wall portion of the latter port' being continued in the first mentioned portion to form a valve guideway, and a valve slidable along said guidevvay adapted to open and close both said ports.

5. In combination in a hydrocarbon burner, an atomizer provided with blast and fuel discharge ports, angularly disposed to each other and vformed to have a guideWay,

a slide valve held for movement along said.

guideWay and adapted to be operated to open and close said ports and to be projected through the fuel discharge port to clean it.

6. An atomizer provided with blastl and liquid discharge ports arranged to be controlled by a single valve and each being shaped to issue iuid in ribbon form, the blast port being positioned to direct the fluid ribbon issuingfrom it lagainst the liquid ribbon from said liquid discharge port to atomize the same.

7. In combination in a hydrocarbon burner, an air supply conduit having a Wall forming a fuel-residuum-collecting basin and provided with a plurality ofi differently located apertures through its Wall, an atomizer in said conduit provided with a valve,

fuel supply and blast conduits entering said conduit through different apertures, a drain from the basin, and valve-operating means extending through another aperture of said air supply conduit Wall.

8. In combination in a hydrocarbon burner, an air supply conduit, an atomizer therein comprising relatively angularly disposed portions respectively provided With fuel discharge and blast portsiarranged to cause liquid fuel to be atomized, a valve operable to regulate the discharge area of one only or to' close both of said ports and conduits for fuel and atomizing fluids leading to said angularly disposed atomizer portions.

9. In combination in a hydrocarbon burner, an air supply conduit, an atomizer therein provided With fuel discharge and blast ports angularly disposed to each other to be adapted to atomize liquid fuel, a valve operable externally of said air conduit and adapted to close more or less of one of said ports only and also to close both ports.

10. vIn combination in a hydrocarbon burner, an air supply conduit, an atomizer therein provided with fuel discharge and blast ports correlated for atomizing liquid fuel, a slide valve positioned and adapted to limit the'disharge area of one port only and also to close both ports.

11. In combination in a hydrocarbon burner, an atomizer having a relatively horizontal passage and an obliquely upwardly disposed passage therethrough and a slide valve movable across the former passage and into the latter passage. 12. In combination in Va hydrocarbon burner, an atomizer having angularly disposed separated passages therethrough, a slide valve movable to one side'of and across the discharge end of one passage and in alinement with the other passage.

13. In combination in a hydrocarbon burner, an atomizer comprising a unitary casting having angularly disposed separate passages extending entirely therethrough and a valve exterior to the casting said valve being movable to positions to close said passages.

14. In combination in a hydrocarbon burner, a fluid supply conduit, a fuel supply conduit, an atomizer Within Which said conduits terminate, said atomizer being provided With a fluid blast port and a fuel discharge port so disposed as to discharge'fuel across and in opposition to atomizing fluid issuing from said blast port and a valve adapted to travel across one port and into the other port.

15. In combination in a hydrocarbon burner, 'an air supply conduit, an atomizer therein provided Withjangularly disposed fuel and atomizing fluid discharge ports, a valve slidable to positions Where the area 120 of one port only is lessened or Where both ports are closed.

16. In combination in a hydrocarbon burner, an air supply conduit, an atomizer therein provided with pocket portions and 125 ribbon like conduits extending from said pockets and terminating in angularly disposed fuel and atomizing fluid discharge ports, a valvev slidable over an exterior face of saidl atomizer to positions Where the area 180 17; In combination in a hydrocarbonv burner, an air supply conduit of relatively large capacity, an atomizer supported therein said atomizer consisting of a single member having angularly disposed passages extending entirely therethrough, a fuel supply conduit'leadin to one passage and a high pressure supp y conduit leading to the Lamme FREDERICK R. LONG.

Witnessesz HENRY F. TRAUGH, F. N. RITTER.

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